synechdochic's default is why my son is always really confused about this idea that Denise is a she.

I am okay with icons but I was well into adulthood before I understood that the USPS logo is an eagle and not a man in a beret. I always wondered why you'd have a French guy on the U.S. Mail logo, but figured maybe he's French-Canadian or something. No, he's actually...an eagle.